South Carolina Senate Bill 257 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-12 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend Chapter 1, Title 23 Of The 1976 Code, Relating To Law Enforcement And Public Safety, By Adding Section 23-1-242, To Prohibit The Deletion Or Destruction Of Data From A Body-worn Camera With The Intent To Alter Or Influence A Criminal Action, Criminal Investigation, Internal Police Investigation, Civil Action, Or Potential Civil Action If Notice Is Provided By The Adverse Party, Or If Litigation Is Reasonably Anticipated, To Provide Penalties, And To Provide Exemptions; And To Amend Section 23-1-240(d) And (g)(2) Of The 1976 Code, Relating To Policies And Procedures For The Use Of Body-worn Cameras, To Provide For The Circumstances In Which Policies And Procedures Established By Agencies Must Include For The Activation Of Recordings, And To Provide That A Trial Judge May Instruct A Jury That It May Infer Negligence If An Officer Wearing A Body-worn Camera Failed To Produce Video.

Body cameras

Sen. Marlon Kimpson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2021-01-12	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2020-12-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2020-12-09	Senate	Prefiled

H3563 (Similar To) 2021-01-13 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: J.L.Johnson
H3665 (Similar To) 2021-01-14 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	1	240	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	1	242	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0257&session=124&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/257_20201209.htm